A couple claim their wedding day was 'ruined' after their 'photographer from hell' spent more time taking pictures of herself at their reception than of them. Horrified Paul and Chareen Wheatley, 42 and 37, from Leeds, took amateur photographer, Chloe Johnston, to court and successfully sued her for more than £600.
After paying £500 to book Chloe as their snapper, the couple claim she stopped answering their calls and only confirmed she was attending the night before their wedding.
On their big day, they say she turned up 45 minutes late and spent more time taking selfies of herself than she did photographing them.
They also claim she made the bride traipse through muddy puddles for a photoshoot in the woods that left her dress filthy.
Paul, who has mobility issues, wasn't even able to clamber down to the woody area, leaving Chareen to have romantic shots with her bridesmaids instead.
The couple paid Chloe for nine hours' work but received just 15 photographs from the evening of their wedding reception last September.
In December the couple won their appeal for a refund at the small claims court at Leeds County Court and after enlisting the help of bailiffs reclaimed £605 two weeks ago.
Paul, an insurance consultant, said: "She pretty much ruined our wedding day by not taking nice pictures for us to remember it by - she was a photographer from hell.
"The photos aren't a true reflection of our day and we can't replace that, we can't redo the photos, it's really disappointing.
"They are awful, most of them aren't taken properly with some people partly cut out, the quality of the images were rubbish too.
"Chloe told us she was professional and was an up and coming photographer trying to make a name for herself, we took her at face value and were too trustworthy.
"After we paid her we couldn't get in touch with her again, and we didn't think she was going to turn up until she sent us at message at 10pmthe night before our wedding.
After paying £500 to book Chloe as their snapper, the couple claim she stopped answering their calls and only confirmed she was attending the night before their wedding.
On their big day, they say she turned up 45 minutes late and spent more time taking selfies of herself than she did photographing them.
They also claim she made the bride traipse through muddy puddles for a photoshoot in the woods that left her dress filthy.
Paul, who has mobility issues, wasn't even able to clamber down to the woody area, leaving Chareen to have romantic shots with her bridesmaids instead.
The couple paid Chloe for nine hours' work but received just 15 photographs from the evening of their wedding reception last September.
In December the couple won their appeal for a refund at the small claims court at Leeds County Court and after enlisting the help of bailiffs reclaimed £605 two weeks ago.
Paul, an insurance consultant, said: "She pretty much ruined our wedding day by not taking nice pictures for us to remember it by - she was a photographer from hell.
"The photos aren't a true reflection of our day and we can't replace that, we can't redo the photos, it's really disappointing.
"They are awful, most of them aren't taken properly with some people partly cut out, the quality of the images were rubbish too.
"Chloe told us she was professional and was an up and coming photographer trying to make a name for herself, we took her at face value and were too trustworthy.
"After we paid her we couldn't get in touch with her again, and we didn't think she was going to turn up until she sent us at message at 10pmthe night before our wedding.
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